Charlotte Anker-Petersen, Birgit Juul-Kristensen, Jarrod Antflick, Henrik Aagaard, Christopher Myers, Anders Ploug Boesen, Eleanor Boyle, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg
The objective was to investigate, first, whether six weeks of intensive ballet dance exposure is associated with structural and clinical changes in the Achilles tendon; second, the importance of demographics, self-reported Achilles pain, and generalized joint hypermobility (GJH). Data were collected at baseline and at six weeks' follow-up, using Achilles tendon ultrasound tissue characteristics (UTC) as primary outcome (percentage distribution of echo-type I-IV: type I = intact and aligned bundles, type II = discontinuous/wavy bundles, type III = fibrillar, and type IV = amorphous cells/fluid)...
November 2021: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports